People v. Tierney

The grand jury of Cook county, at the February term, 1909, returned into the criminal court of said county an indictment containing four counts, charging John Tierney, Joseph Brocki and John Rudinek with the crime of robbery. A plea of not guilty was entered and a conviction upon a trial before a jury was had, and the defendants were sentenced to the penitentiary for an indeterminate period. John Tierney has alone sued out a writ of error.

No bill of exceptions has been incorporated into the record and but two reasons are urged in this court as grounds of reversal: (1) That it does not appear…